What does it take for a player to get a game named after him? He has to play well, of course, but that’s hardly sufficient. The team has to win, too; that goes without saying. And the game has to be memorable, both overall and with respect to the player’s individual performance.
But there’s something else even more important beyond the three factors of performance, victory, and memory: The win has to be meaningful. The win has to mark a turning point, or define a season, or reflect a team in microcosm. This is the hard one, the one that only the universe can control.